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Lauren!

While the new champ of American Idol was recently crowned, Sophisticate’s is checking in with a finalist from last season: Lauren Alaina. The Southern gal is touring to promote her debut album, Wildflower, and stopped in California for an exclusive photo shoot with our crew.

While we had Matrix Artistic Designer Dan Csicsai on the set to create Lauren’s high-volume tress look, we might have been able to hand the brush to the star herself. “I’ve always been pretty good at doing hair,” shares Lauren. “If I wasn’t a singer, I might be a hairstylist!”

Be sure to check out our August issue of Sophisticate’s Hairstyle Guide, on sale now, to see the whole photo shoot and read the exclusive interview.